UK's Conservatives to fight climate change but shun wind power

AS THE UK’s new Conservative government bedded down following its triumph in last week’s elections, it has reaffirmed its commitment to fighting climate change – to the relief of environmental pressure groups.

The new secretary of state for energy and climate change, Amber Rudd, has made clear her unequivocal backing for action to combat climate change and for the science behind it. This is vital in a year when an international deal to combat global warming is expected in Paris in December.

“It’s reassuring to have a politician paying attention to reality rather than living in a fantasy world where the laws of physics don’t apply,” says Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics.